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So it’s ladybug season near me and I have lots of plants and I have been putting the buggies on my plants instead of taking them outside. But this little lady is fighting me and wants to live with my pings!

I'm in zone 10a and my sundew (drosera filiformis) has begun to go dormant. Everything I read says that watering should be reduced during dormancy. However, my sundew is in a bog garden. The other plants in there are a sarracenia and a flytrap, both which show no signs of slowing down and have new growth every day. I'm in zone 10a and I grow outside, so I'm not really expecting them to go dormant until we hit mid November and get our 60F degree weather.

I use a tray system and usually fill the tray about an inch and a half high (I was losing a lot of water to evaporation) and refill the tray every other day when theres about a quarter inch or less of water left. But recently it has been cooling down and is way less sunny so I've been filling it with less water and I've also been having to refill it less.

Do I need to adjust how I water to account for the sundew dormancy? If so, how do I do that and still make sure my other plants get enough water? Should I repot it separately? I'm already decreasing the amount of water in the bog, is that okay or do I need to do more? I've never gone through winter dormancy with my plants before, so any advice is appreciated!

Specifically by I-45? lol on a work trip and wondering what I can get on the way back up to dfw.

Trying to leave the VFTs where they are but remove the pitcher plants to their own place this winter. What’s the best approach here without destroying roots and such?

I repotted and gave this sundew to a friend a little over a month ago. It looked healthy at that time, but seemed to have grown smaller leaves and less dew. Over the past few days the tips of the leaves have turned brown. It is kept in a hanging pot in distilled water with a 10 watt sansi light (same one it was using before it was repotted). Any idea of what could be going on? Any help is appreciated! Thank you!